Adjustable support means



J. .1. JAcoBsoN 3,008,616

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT MEANS Nov. 14, 1961 Filed March 3, 1960 INVENTOR.JAMES J. JACOBSON ATTORNEY United States Patent O,

3,008,616 ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT MEANS James J. Jacobson, New York, N.Y.,assignor to Harrison Hoine Products Corp., New York, N.Y. Filed Mar. 3,1960, Ser. No. 12,563 Claims. (Cl. 223-120) The present inventionrelates to a novel support stand.

More speciiically, the present invention relates to a support rstandwhich is especially suitable for use in conjunction with a dress form,for supporting the latter while it is being used.

According to the present invention, there is provided a support standwhich is adjustable in height in a simple, efficient and extremelyeconomic manner.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a generallyimproved support stand.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a support standwhich is easily collapsible :and adjustable to a plurali-ty ofpredetermined heights. j

A further object 'of the present invention is the provision of a supportstand which is easily collapsible and adjustable to a plurali-ty ofpredetermined heights, said stand being made in a novel, simplified andeconomic manner. t

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention Will be more fully understood from the following descriptionconsidered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.

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FIG. l shows a front elevational view of the support stand in accordancewith the invention, further showing a dress form supported thereon;

FIG. 2 shows the area identied by a in' FIG. 1, partly in section and onalarger scale;

FIG. 3 is a side view taken in the `direction vof the arrow 3 in FIG. 2;and

FIGS. 4a, b .and c show three different conditions of the stand forobtaining three different heights therefor.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a dress form supported bythe support stand 12 in accordance with the invention. The support stand'1-2 comprises a base 14 which 4rnay be la tripod as shown consisting ofremovable legs 16, 18 and 20, or said base may comprise any othersuitable means adapted to rest on la floor. A rod-like first member 22extends upwardly from junction 24 of the tripod legs, `said member 22terminating at its upper end in an open ended tubular vpart 26. Supportstand 12 is provided with a second mem-ber 28V comprising an uppervertically vextending rod-like -member 30 provided at its upper end witha transverse member 32. Member 30 is adapted to be inserted, at itslower end, into tubular part 26, .and for that purpose, the outsidediameter of member 30 is a fraction smaller than the inside diameter ofItubular part 26. In this way, member 30 is easily insertable intotubular part 26 and is also rotatably mounted therein. Dress form 10rests upon the transverse member 32, which defines .a supporting surfacefor said dress form, and particularly upon the opposite ends 34 and 36thereof. These latter ends 3'4 and 36 may be provided, as shown, withanti-friction rubber boots so as to prevent lateral relative motionbetween the dress form 10 and the rod 32. An inverted V-shaped member 384may also be provided, extending upwardly of rod 32, and adapted to bein registry with the opening 40 at the upper end of the dress form.Member 38 is used to guide dress form '10 onto support stand 12 and isreachable through opening 40 in the dress form in order to permit thelatter to lbe rotated.

It will be noted that the depth d of the tubular part 26 (as shown inFIG. 2) limits the longitudinal extent to 3,008,616 Patented Nov. 14,1961 fice which rod-like member 30 penetrates into rod-like mem ber 22,land accordingly, controls the vertical position or level of transversemember 32 to in turn control the height at which the dress form will bedisposed.

An 'asymmetrical inverted `U-shaped member 42 is se. cured to rod 30,above the lower end of .the latter, as by welding 44. U-.shaped member42 has ,a pair of depend ing legs 46 and 48, respectively, unequal insize, leg 46 being shorter than leg 48 and leg 48 terminating above thelower end 31 of .rod l30. The cross section of legs 46 and 48 is thesame size as that of rod 30, .and accordingly, each of legs 46 and 48 isinsertable in tubular part 26.

When it is desired to cha-nge the height level `of the dress form fromthe condition shown in FIG. l, all that is necessary to do is to removerod 30 from tubular part 26 and insert in 'the latter, instead, leg 48or leg 46, as shown in FIGS. 4b and 4c, respectively. It will of coursebe understood that 4due to the relative ver-tical disposition of thelower ends of legs 46, 48 and rod 30, the resulting level of transverserod 32 will be changed depending on whether it is rod 30, leg 48 or leg46 which is inserted into the tubular part 26. Accordingly, in theparticular embodiment shown, it will be apparent that the level oftransverse rod 32, and thus dress form 10 will be highest when rod 30 isinserted into tubular part 26, lowest jwhen leg 46 is inserted therein,and intermediate the highest and :lowest when leg 48 is insertedtherein. As best seen in FIG. 2, the spacing between legs 46 and -48 androd 30 is suicient to provide clearance for the wall ofl tubular part 26when either leg 46 or leg 48 is inserted into said tubular part, as bestyseen Yin FIGS. 4b and 4c.

It is thus seen that the support stand aforedescribed is extremelysimple in construction and permits easy adinstability thereof to Aaplurality of vertical heights. It will also be noted that due to .thefact that rod 30, .as well as legs 46 and 48, are rotatably mounted intubular part 26, any dress form 10 supported on the stand can easily berotated, as desired.

It will be understood that while one vU -shaped member 442 has beenshown, one or more such U-shaped members could be provided and securedto rod 30 to increase the range of -adjustability of support stand 12.'It will also be understood that member 30, and legs 46 and 48, could beprovided with tubular end parts Iand part 26 could rthen be solid. Also,it will be understood that the =U shaped member 42 could be secured tomember 22 instead of to member 30, and'still provide the same range ofadjustability in support stand 12.

vWhile I have shown and Idescribed the preferred embodiments ofmyinvention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodiedotherwise than as herein specifically illustrated or described, and thatin the illustrated embodiment certain changes in the details ofconstruction and inthe form and arrangement of parts may be made withoutdeparting from the underlying idea or principles of this invention-within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. Support means comprising, a base adapted to rest on a oor, a tirstmember supported by said base and extending upwardly therefrom, a secondmember provided at the upper end thereof with a supporting surface iniixed relation therewith, and cooperating means on said iirst memberadjacent the upper end thereof and on said second member adjacent thelower end thereof for releasably and rotatably supporting said secondmember on said -rst member in a vertical disposition of said secondmember and in a selected one of a plurality of relative verticalydispositions corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of heightsfor said supporting surface, said cooperating means comprising a tubularpart at the upper end of said Ifirst member and a plurality ofdownwardly extending parts of unequal lengths adjacent the lower end ofsaid second member and in fixed relation therewith, each of `saiddownwardly extending parts being insertable into said 'tubular part apredetermined fixed amount.

2. Support means comprising, a base adapted to rest on a floor, a firstmember supported by said base and extending upwardly therefrom, a secondmember provided at the upper end thereof with a supporting surface in-fixed relation therewith, and cooperating-means on said first memberadjacent the upper end thereof and on said second member adjacent thelower end thereof for releasably .and rotatably supporting said secondmember on said `first member in a vertical disposition of said secondmember and in a selected one of a plurality of relative verticaldispositions corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of heightsfor said supporti-ng surface, said cooperating means comprising atubular part at Ithe upper end of said first member and an invertedU-shaped member -fxedly secured to said second member adjacent the lowerend thereof, said U-shaped member having a pair of depending legs oflength unequal to each other, and each of said legs as well as the lowerend of said second member being insertable into said tubular part apredetermined fixed amount.

3. Support means for a dress form comprising, a base adapted to rest ona floor, a first member supported by said base and extending upwardlytherefrom, a second member provided at the upper end thereof with asupporting surface for said dress form in fixed rel-ation therewith, andcooperating means on said first member adjacent the upper end thereofand on said second member adjacent the lower end thereof for releasablyand rotatably supporting said second member on said first member in avertical disposition of said second member and in a selected one' of aplurality of relative vertical dispositions corresponding to a selectedone of a plurality of heights for said dress form supporting surface,`said cooperati-ng means comprising a tubular part at the upper end ofsaid first member and Ian inverted U-sh-aped member fixedly secured tosaid second member adjacent the lower end thereof, said U-shaped memberhaving a pair of depending legs of length unequal to each other, `andeach of said legs as well as the lower end of said second member beinginsertable into said tubular part a predetermined fixed amount.

4. Support means for adress form comprising, a base adapted to rest on:a floor, a rst membersupported by said base and extending upwardlytherefrom, a second member provided at the upper end thereof with asupporting surface for said dress form in fixed relation therewith, andcooperating means on said first member adjacent t-he upper end thereof:and on said second member adjacent the lower end thereof for releasablyand rotatably supporting said second member on said first member in avertical disposition of said second member and in a selected one of aplurality of relative vertical dispositions corresponding to a selectedone of a plurality of heights for said dress yform supporting surface,said cooperating means comprising a tubular part at the upper end ofsaid first member and an inverted U-shaped member lixedly secured tosaid second member adjacent the lower en d thereof, said U-shaped memberhaving a pair of depending legs of length unequal to each other, andeach of said -legs as well as the lower end of said second member beinginsertable into said tubular pant a predetermined` fixed amount, saidsupporting surface comprising anti-friction means for preventingrelative movement between said dress form and said surface. v

5. Support means for a dress form comprising, a base adapted to rest ona fioor, a first member supported by said base and extending upwardlytherefrom, a second member provided at the upper end thereof with asupporting surface for said dress form in fixed relation therewith, andcooperating means on said first member adjacent the upper end thereofand on said second member adjacent the lower end thereof for releasablyand rotatably supporting said second member on said first member in avertical disposition of said second member and in a selected one of aplurality of relative vertical dispositions corresponding to a selectedone of a plurality of heights for said dress form supporting surface,said cooperating means comprising a tubular part a-t Ithe upper end ofsaid first member and an inverted U-shaped member xedly secured to saidsecond member adjacent the lower end thereof, said U-shaped memberhaving a pair of depending legs of length unequal yto each other, andeach of said legs as Well as the lower end of said second member beinginsertable into said tubular part a predetermined fixed amount, saidsupporting surface comprising anti-friction means for preventingrelative movement between said dress form and said surface, and aninverted V-shaped member extending upwardly of said supporting surfacefor guiding said dress form onto the support means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSAustria Aug. 10, '.1959

